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TY - JOUR
T1 - The power of spatial and temporal orderings in organizational learning
AU - Fahy, Kathryn
AU - Easterby-Smith, Mark
AU - Lervik, Jon
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - This article attends to the call for research on the often neglected spatial and temporal dynamics of organizational life. In particular, we examine the ways in which aspects of space and time facilitate or hinder learning and knowledge sharing in organizations. We draw on conceptual tools derived from work influenced largely by Henri Lefebvre to illustrate how a spatial-temporal lens throws new light on the problem of learning and knowledge sharing across organizational communities. We examine these dynamics in a qualitative study with four high-technology engineering companies in the energy conversion and automation and aerospace sectors. Building on a situated learning perspective, we argue that a spatial and temporal perspective contributes to our understanding of processes of identity construction and the power relations that influence access to forms of participation and learning across organizational communities.
AB - This article attends to the call for research on the often neglected spatial and temporal dynamics of organizational life. In particular, we examine the ways in which aspects of space and time facilitate or hinder learning and knowledge sharing in organizations. We draw on conceptual tools derived from work influenced largely by Henri Lefebvre to illustrate how a spatial-temporal lens throws new light on the problem of learning and knowledge sharing across organizational communities. We examine these dynamics in a qualitative study with four high-technology engineering companies in the energy conversion and automation and aerospace sectors. Building on a situated learning perspective, we argue that a spatial and temporal perspective contributes to our understanding of processes of identity construction and the power relations that influence access to forms of participation and learning across organizational communities.
KW - Organizational learning
KW - organizational knowledge
KW - situated learning
KW - space
KW - time
KW - power effects
U2 - 10.1177/1350507612471925
DO - 10.1177/1350507612471925
M3 - Journal article
VL - 45
SP - 123
EP - 144
JO - Management Learning
JF - Management Learning
SN - 1350-5076
IS - 2
ER -